Giving Thanks

I am thankful for many things but here are a few that keep passing through my mind.
My Family (isn't everyone)
Mexican Food
My Glycolic Acid Face wash (Thank you Karly for introducing me to this blessing)
Cars (as well as the movie Cars which entertains Chamberlain while I get ready in the mornings)
My Rosebud lip Salve
Chocolate and Peanut Butter
The State of Utah (which is really like living in a bubble compared to the rest of the world, I like that)
My Warm Green Coat
Girl Jeans that come in XXL long lengths ( before the trend I had to buy men Jeans and let me tell you I felt soo sexy when I had the frontal bulge in the you-know where area)
My Comfy Bed
SPF
Turquoise
BYU Cougars (Go Cougs)
Thursday Nights with the Smiths
My husband who understands my craziness and embraces it!
High Heels
Basketball (and the time that I actually played it)
Friends (even those friends that I rarely see or even talk to, but when I run into them its always a treat)
Bookface and other peoples Blogs
The Book of Mormon (which I just learned is the best book to help your little ones learn how to read because its phonetically perfect!)
Oreo s
My one and only time, but definitely not the last time to Hawaii
All things Homemade
My Family (especially all the girls, my grandma would be proud we all get along)
All Holidays (which brings family together)
My beautiful son, Chamberlain
Margarita Pizza
My Ward (especially Sunday School and Relief Society the teachers totally rock)
and last, but really first in my life
The Savior

1 month and counting

Chamberlain has officially been off diapers for almost a month.
We hope it lasts!
We really like NOT changing diapers.

8 apples on a table

These are a few other things that I enjoy about living here. Football games and Fall leaves.














I just love this picture of Chamberlain. He has a new love for apples, no joke! Sometimes I wonder where this kid comes from because he loves I mean LOVES apples and fruit of all kinds. Which I love, I mean LOVE candy of all kinds! Especially when I was little. These apples are just some of the many apples (aren't they beautiful and they were delicious dipped in homemade caramel drizzled with a bit of chocolate), that we pick fresh off the trees, here, in valley. That, is also another thing that I just love about living here, the bounty of fruit trees, and gardens. Well when it wasn't soo cold!

HaLloWeEn

Lets see, Halloween went by too fast for Chamberlain. He is still wondering why it's over, I guess it doesn't help that some houses on our walk still have Halloween decorations up, people its the middle of NOVEMBER. Or maybe that its because I still let him dress up in his costume. I love what Chamberlain wanted to be this year. We still don't have TV or Internet (cross my fingers we get it for the new year) so he doesn't really know of transformers, spider man, batman, etc. . . so his decision was of his own volition, which again I just love! He was so adamant about it. He wouldn't even flinch with his decision on the BLUE pumpkin bucket to put his candy in. I have his crazy dragon costume from last year, but it was a consistent no, every time I brought it up and out of the closet. Although he did wear it once in late September on one of our many walks. He got to dress up several times and each time the costume had to be identical. Then finally on Halloween he was like, "hey! mom and dad you need to wear a costume" so one hour before we went out trick or treating and to ride the haunted train I caved and threw together a costume for myself. If you cant tell, which I totally understand if you cant (I also had a friend comment "cute outfit" which its a COSTUME), I'm a Gypsy. And for the record I was the ONLY adult in our party for the night to dress up. So I felt a little silly to say the least as we went out with 5 other adults and 3 kids and I am the only one in costume but then again maybe people just thought it was a "cute outfit!"
P.S. Yes I had to draw a swirly mustache on Chamberlain's face each time and if it wasn't correct I had to do it over again!
P.P.S I would rotate those pictures but I cant figure out how to do that on a mac lets just say Im a PC